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| Newtown Geelong, Victoria |
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 Fairview Ave, Newtown, 1955. |
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| Population: | 9580 (2006)1 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3220 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $387,500 (2008) | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||
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Newtown is an inner residential western suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The area known as Chilwell forms part of the suburb of Newtown. Newtown, occupying one of the highest points of Geelong, has always been a desirable place of residence and it is the location of many of Geelong's oldest and most valuable properties. Chilwell Post Office opened here on 1 April 1912 (closing in 1993). A Bareena Post Office opened in 1911 in the area and remains open. 2 Newtown is home to three private high schools in the Geelong area, Sacred Heart College (an all girls school), St. Josephs College (an all boys school) and The Geelong College.
Queens Park, located on the Barwon River is home to the picturesque 18 hole Queens Park Golf Course, located in a valley between Fyansford, Highton and Newtown. The Geelong Highland Gathering is an annual Highland Games held at Queens Park and first began in the 1850s. Queens Park is also the home ground for the Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club, the most successful team in the Geelong Cricket Association in terms of senior premierships won. The club uses both Stinton Oval (turf) and Shaw Oval (hard wicket). The Queens Park Sporting Complex is currently being refurbished by the City of Greater Geelong and will greatly improve both playing and social facilities for the club.
Famous cricketers who played for Newtown include the young Lindsay Hassett and Ian Redpath. Bob Merriman, the former Chairman of Cricket Australia, began his administrative career at Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club.
The suburb in conjunction with neighbouring area Chilwell has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League, as also does Saint Josephs.3
 Queens Park, on the Barwon River, 1866. |
 The Hermitage, Newtown, Victoria. |
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Newtown (Statistical Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved on 11 April 2008
- ^ Full Points Footy, Newtown and Chilwell, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Newtown_&_Chilwell.htm, retrieved on 25 July 2008
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